Friday, August 15, 2003

Iran to Draw Up Contracts for 2nd Nuclear Reactor"TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has given the nod to a larger scale nuclear program and has ordered contracts drawn up to build a second nuclear reactor, Iran's official news agency IRNA said on Thursday.
Despite international concerns that Tehran may be building an atomic bomb, Iran's Supreme Nuclear Energy Council ordered contracts written up for a second 1,000 MW nuclear reactor at the southern port of Bushehr where Russia is helping Iran build its first nuclear power station, IRNA said.
The council also ordered suitable sites be studied for the construction of further reactors to generate an extra 5,000 MW from nuclear power...."